| 100% | RICKS | 5 | Springfield and Nelson |
| 63% | OZZIES | 6 | Smith and Nelson |
| 59% | RIFLES | 6 | Springfield and AK-47 |
| 54% | MANDELAS | 8 | Nelson and winnie |
| 53% | EDDYS | 5 | Nelson and Mary Baker |
| 52% | WARMEMORIALS | 12 | Arc de Triomphe and Nelson's Column |
| 50% | EDDYS | 5 | Singers Nelson and others |
| 49% | LAW | 3 | Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela have degrees in it |
| 49% | MAGGIE | 6 | Nelson, academic and author of The Argonauts |
| 49% | EDDYS | 5 | Singer Nelson and guitarist Duane |
| 47% | EDDY | 4 | Name after Nelson and before Arnold |
| 47% | RUMS | 4 | Captain Morgan and Admiral Nelson's |
| 47% | DAD | 3 | Ricky Nelson, to Gunnar and Matthew |
| 47% | HORATIA | 7 | Daughter of Nelson and Emma Hamilton |
| 46% | ILLINOIS | 8 | The US state with Chicago and Springfield |
| 46% | NED | 3 | Father of Springfield's Rod and Todd |
| 46% | HIFIS | 5 | They played Ricky Nelson and Bobby Darin |
| 46% | HOLDS | 5 | Half nelson and cobra clutch, in wrestling |
| 45% | XHOSA | 5 | First language of Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu |
| 45% | MAYDAY | 6 | 1979 novel by Nelson DeMille and Thomas Block |
| 43% | STPAULS | 7 | London burial place of John Donne and Horatio Nelson |
| 42% | ANTIGUA | 7 | ___ and Barbuda (Caribbean nation that’s home to Nelson’s Dockyard) |
| 39% | AID | 3 | Farm ___ (benefit concert founded by Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, and Neil Young) |
| 38% | AID | 3 | Farm ___ (annual benefit concert founded by Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, and Neil Young) |
| 35% | FREE | 4 | "___ Nelson Mandela" musical tribute written by Jerry Dammers and performed by The Special A.K.A. |
| 35% | CRADLEWILLROCK | 14 | Film starring John Cusack as Nelson Rockefeller and Joan Cusack as Hazel Huffman (3 wds.) |
| 34% | RIDDLE | 6 | Nelson —, Best Music, Scoring Original Song Score and/or Adaptation Oscar winner for 1974 film The Great Gatsby |
| 34% | BRODKIN | 7 | Lee Nelson comedian and professional hoaxer Simon |
| 34% | SIDNEYPOITIER | 13 | "To Sir, With Love" actor who played Nelson Mandela in "Mandela and de Klerk": 2 wds. |